Review of Legislation, Policies and Plans Relating to the use and Management of the Ocean Vanuatu

The Government of Vanuatu has decided to develop an oceans policy, which aligns with recommendations from theCommonwealth Secretariat.This report summarises the main findings1 of an analysis and assessment of 69 instruments of legislation andsubordinate policies and plans that are relevant to management and use of Vanuatu’s territorial waters and thereforerelevant to the development of the national oceans policy. The review of Vanuatu’s legislation, policies, strategies andplans relating to oceans management is part of the Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Management in Pacific IslandCountries (MACBIO) project.The approach to the review involved an analytical framework comprising three components:1. Individual analysis of legislation, policies, strategies and plans;2. Integration of individual analyses into an assessment table for comparative analysis and assessment; and3. A report which provides an assessment narrative based on the individual analyses and the information from theassessment table.

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Source: Muldoon J, Dovo A and L Fernandes (2015) Review of legislation,
policies, strategies and plans relating to the use and management of Vanuatu’s
oceans. Report to the Government of Vanuatu. MACBIO (GIZ, IUCN, SPREP), Suva.

SUGGESTED CITATION: Muldoon J, Dovo A and L Fernandes (2015)
Review of legislation, policies, strategies and plans relating to the use and
management of Vanuatu’s oceans. Report to the Government of Vanuatu.
MACBIO (GIZ, IUCN, SPREP), Suva.
2015